Sonographic training in rheumatology: A self teaching approach

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 565-567

  Filippucci, E ^a   Unlu, Z ^b   Farina, A ^a   Grassi, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; STANDARD; TRAINING; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038823933     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.6.565     Document Type: Article

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